Invalid lifter, swing, and wheel-chair combined.



I c. F. MOORE. INVALID LIFTER, SWING, AND WHEEL CHAIR COMBINED APPLICATION FILED D150. 26, 1908.

924,177. Patented June 8, 1909.

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C. F. MOORE. INVALID LIFTER, SWING, AND WHEEL CHAIR COMBINED.

APPLIGATION FILED DEO. 26, 1908.

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pi sans CHARLES FREDRIGK MOORE,

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or GILLETT, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification-of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1909.

Application filed December 26, 1908. Serial No. $69,507.

new and useful. Improvement in Invalid Lifters, Swin s, and Wheel-Ghairs Com bined, of whic the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for use in the care of the sick or helpless-and has special reference to the combination in one device of a lifter, a swing chair and .a wheel chair. i v

The chief object of the invention is to provide in one device all the apparatus or. means 'necessary'for an attendant to properly care for an invalid with greatest ease to himself andthe greatest comfort to the invalid.

With this object in view the invention consists in the structure of parts and their combination and association for the purpose specified substantially as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The invention isillustrated in the tw sheets of drawings, which form a part of the specification.

ln these drawings Figure 1 represents in side elevation the combined lifter, swing chairand wheel chair with accessories in place; Fig. 2 representsin plan, .the device, as seen in Fig. 1,with the exception that the v spreading bail, to which the lifting-means is attachable has been omitted; Fig. 3 represents in plan the hinged, sectional lifting frame with its detachable flexible bottom. the arm rests to the seat section being omitte lines; F ig'. l represents, in side elevation, the lifting frame with spreading bail attached and lifting means applied thereto, the head section and leg section of the frame being shown by' dots in adjusted positions substan-. tially such as they would occupy when the device is converted into a swim chair" .Fi

5 represents a vertical transverse section, taken in the plane lllCllCflHCl by line 5-5. Fig. a, a portion of the bail being broken away to accommodate the view toits location; Fig. 6 represents in perspective the wheel pedestal frame, the motor wheels'being omitted for clearer-illustration; and Fig. 7 is an underside View of the detachable foot rest.

and'their location indicated by dottedcnced in the care of an invalid is that'ofliftvention this is very easily accomplished. For this purpose the lifterconsists of a frame, which may be made of any suitable material,

in three sections, a. seat section, as indicated at 8, a head section 9, and a leg section 10. The seat section is also preferably provided with arms consisting of uprights 11 and 12 and cross bars 13, which may be capped if desired, with an arm rest 14. Thesections of the frame are preferably angular in cross section as clearly seen in Fig. 5 and at the left-hand end of Fig. 4 where a portion of the frame is broken away to show the form of the frame. The several sections are hinged together in any suitable manner, per-ma nently or. detachably. In the drawing the hinged pintles are indicated at 1.5, as consisting of rivets. The bottom for this frame is preferably made of some flexible material such as canvas which maybe readily washed. Such bottom is indicated at 16. This piece of canvas may be provided with eyelet-s or button holes about its edge, as indicated at pins on the lower flange of the frame. Such pins are indicated at 18. -In.Fig. 3 one corner of the detachablebottom is shown rolled back to indicate the ready removability and attachabi'lity thereof. a

To place an invalid upon the frame the 'bottom'is detached and. laid upon the bed and the invalid rolled onto it in the same manner as-he is rolled onto a clean sheet when changing the bed clothing. After the "invalid has been placed upon the bottom 16 bottom hooked thereto.- Then for conven- 17, is provided. This bail preferably con sists of an arched strip of wood or metal made T-shaped in cross section, as indlcated at A in Fig. 5; This bail'may' be attached to the frame in any suitable manner. It is here shown attached theretoby cutting back the mid-rib at the lower ends of the bail and inserting the ends of the web portion in sockets, such as most clearly shown at 20 in th ends of said ball in the illustration in Fig. The bail is n'clerablv secured in place by means of bolts passed through it and through the cross rail 13 of the arms of 17. by which it may be secured to hooks or ience in lifting him from the bed a'bail, as.

ing him from his bed. By the present in-' either wood or metal, and is preferably made the frame may be placed over him and the- Fi s. 2 and 3, the same being occupied by frame when thus raised may be converted into a swing chair, if desired. For this purpose the headand leg sections may be pro- 'vided with any suitable adjustment devices,

' and 27, through the slots to the chair, or to a cleat 'suchfor instance as the slotted sectors 26 of which pass bolts provided with thumb-nuts 28 and 29 respectively, said'bolts being located in the uprights 11 and 12 respectively of the seat section. In Fig. 4 the head and foot sections are shownby dotted lines'in a comfortable half reclining position, such as they may be -made to take to change the position ofthe patient. l/Vhile in this position the attendant may swing him if so desired, the fall from the tackle being secured to the bail, or placed in any suit able part of the room.

Whenit is desired to m -ve the patient about or from the room the frame may be located upon a wheel pedestal, such for instance as that illustrated in Figs. 1 and 6.

This pedestal may be provided with the usual wheels of a wheel chair, as for instance withv rubber-tired wheels indicated at 31 and pivoted or caster wheels indicated at 32., To insure the proper location of the frame upon the pedestal and its retention in such location, tenons, as 83, may be provided on the uprlghts of the pedestal and these tenons .33 in Fig. 2. For the ready attachment and inserted in the mortises'in the seat section of the frame, such 'mortises being represented in Fig. 3 at 34 and as occupied by the tenons separation of the frame and pedestal bolts with thumb-nuts 35 may be passed through the tenons 33 and the'holes 36 in the sides of the seat frame.

, When the parts have just described, the head section and leg section may be further adjusted to suit the comfort of the patient-and the spreading bail removed. The patient may then be Wheeled about, or if suilicientlyconvalescent, may

' wheel himself about.

. the chair or swing, a foot 1, 2 and Z. Thisfoot vided, as shown, linkclamps 38,

been assembled, as

rest is preferably pro ing at their ends respectively against the upper and -lower edges of the frame of the leg section. v

A table for any desired purpose may be provided for the occupant of the chair or swing such as indicated at. 39 in Fig. 'l. To

secure this table in place screws elO are pref.- erably located in its under surface, the heads of which may be passed through the keyhole slots 41-, F ig; 2,-in the arm rests 1st. liy this means the table or tray is readily attachable and detachable.

- While it is preferable to provide the frame with a removable'bottom of fabric, as al ready described, the frame may, however, be provided with any other form of bottom, as

indicated in Fig. 2. .lVith a, flexible bottom it is essential that the bail used in lifting the frame be of sufiicient rigidity to keep the sides of the frame spread apart against the tendencyofthe weight of the patient to draw flthem together. For that reason the bail is formed with thereinforeing rib shown in Fig. 5- and alreadyreferred to. To add further support to the patient and give him a more cbmfortable seat when the frame is placed upon the pedestal, a seat is preferably provided upon the pedestal itself, as indi 'eate d at 42 in Fig. 6. The pedestal thus provided may also serve as a seat and may be used by the {patient for short intervals without the frame. when a permanent bottom is provided. forthe lifting frame it is then necessary to lift the patient into the frame and to facilitate this the arms of the seat may obviously'be made removable.

The invention claimed is y 1 A device for the care of sisting of a chair body, are adjustable relatively suspension -bail adapted for detachable connection to'said chalr body whereby to pro duce an invalid lifter or a swing chair in accordance with the adjusted position of the parts of said body, and'a wheel pedestal adapted for detachable connection to said chair body whereby to produce a wheel chair when attached to-said body.

2. In adevice for the care of invalids, a lifter consisting of a sectional jointed frame devoid of intermediate cross braces in the plane of theframe, a flexible bottom for said frame detachably connected to the sides and ends-of .the frame, a bucing or spreading bail connected to the sides of the'fr'ame and arched above it to provide a lifting means for the frame and for counteracting the tendency of the sides of the frame to bow.in when the patient is on the flexible bottom, and means'for adjusting'and holding the sec tions of the frame in relative invalids, conthe parts of which angular relation.

3. In a device for the care of invalids, a lifter consisting of a sectionalgointed frame,

m'eans'foi: adjusting and-hol ing said secto one another, a

means for adjusting and holding said sec-' tions in any desired relative angular relation, a detachable flexible bottom for said frame, a spreading bail detachably connected to one of said sections, a Wheel pedestal, and means for detachably connecting the frame to said pedestal.

In a device for the care of in'valids, a

lifter consisting of a sectional, jointed frame, 1 Y means for adjusting and holding said sections in any desired relative angular relation,

a detachable flexible bottom for said frame,

a spreading bail detachably connected to one of said sections, and a Wheel pedestal'provided with a seat tosupport the section of the frame to which the spreading bail is at tached.

6. In a device for the care of invalids, a lifter consisting of a joint/ed frame forming a'seat section, a head section and a leg section, a flexible bottom for said frame, means for adjusting and holding said sections in any desired relative angular relation, and a Wheel pedestal provided With a seat adapted to support the seat of said frame.

- CHARLES FREDRICK MOORE. Witnesses:

STEBHEN H. HEYWOOD, JAMES C, ROBINSON. 

